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(11) EP 0 510 508 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.01.1993 Bulletin 1993/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.10.1992 Bulletin 1992/44

(21) Application number: 92106513.2

(22) Date of filing: 15.04.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: D04B 35/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES GB IT

(30) Priority: 22.04.1991 JP 119439/91

(71) Applicant: PRECISION FUKUHARA WORKS, LTD
Higashi-nada-ku Kobe Hyogo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Igarashi, Yoshiaki
    Kobe, Hyogo (JP)
  • Iida, Kosaku
    Akashi, Hyogo (JP)

(74) Representative: Warren, Keith Stanley et al
BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington
London W8 5BU
London W8 5BU (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Collector/remover of dust of flocks in knitting machine


    (57) Fiber waste generated adjacent the knitting section of the knitting machine and adjacent yarn feeding devices of the machine is blown to a filter (23) adjacent the top of the machine. The lint is removed from the filter by a rotatable filter cleaner (25) and then is transported by suction to a vacuum device outside of the machine. A blower (36) for blowing fiber waste from the yarn feeding devices is mounted upon a support ring (37) and undergoes reciprocal movement about a path of travel defined by such ring. In one embodiment the ring undergoes rotational movement and the blowing means moves with it, while in another embodiment the ring is stationary and the blowing means moves relative to it.






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